Icicles
浪かくる岩まひまなくたるひして氷とぢたる山川の水
nami kakuru iwama himanaku taruhishite kōri tojitaru yamakawa no mizu | Waves hang from Every single space between the rocks In icicles— Sealed in ice is The water of this mountain stream. |
Akisue
あきのむしなどわびしげにこゑのするたのめしかげに露やもりくる
aki no mushi nado wabishige ni koe no suru tanomeshi kage ni tsuyu ya morikuru | Why do the autumn insects And more let out plaintive Cries; Is your trustworthy face Drenched in dew? |
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もみぢばのながれてゆけば山がはのあさきせだにもあきはふかみぬ
momijiba no nagareteyukeba yamagawa no asaki se dani mo aki wa fukaminu | The scarlet leaves Have come flowing, so The mountain stream’s Shallow rapids—even they Are deep in autumn! |
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Dwarf Bamboo 小篠
山川の岩まのささのひたすらにしのびしふしはあらはれにけり
yamakawa no iwama no sasa no hitasura ni shinobishi fushi wa arawarenikeri | Along a mountain stream From the cracks between the crags, dwarf bamboo Earnestly Its once hidden knots Has displayed! |
Toshiyori
Mandarin Ducks 鴛鴦
山河にともなきをしはかげをみてひとつがひある心ちすらしも
yamakawa ni tomonaki oshi wa kage o mite hitotsugai aru kokochi sura shimo | In a mountain stream A mateless mandarin does See a shape and A pair Even he feels himself to be! |
Kanemasa
花の散り紅葉流るる山川も人を渡さむためとこそ聞け
hana no chiri
momiji nagaruru
yamakawa mo
hito o watasamu
tame to koso kike |
Blossoms fall, and
Flowing scarlet leaves
This mountain stream
Would hand to her –
That is what it sounds like! |
Fujiwara no Shunzei
'Simply moving and elegant'